My shops will be on holiday from midnight on Mon 17th Dec to Weds 2nd Jan. So if you want to treat yourself to any glass, beads, or murrini before January, order before midnight on Monday!

(By the way, if anyone is wanting murrini from my Etsy shop as well as glass, I can refund the Etsy shipping and send them together. Just let me know - put a note in with whichever order you make first so I know to wait for the second!)

I have a tutorial in the upcoming October/Halloween issue of the Soda Lime Times. Released 15th Sept. Grinning Gremlins, suitable for Beads of Courage. The Soda Lime Times has also had a rather nice tutorial in the August edition featuring Lauscha olive - if you didn't see that, the back-issues are very reasonably priced!

I will be at the GBUK AGM on Sat 29th Sept with glass and gremlin eye murrini to sell. We're holding it at Enderby Civic Centre near Leicester. This is right next to Di East's studio, who will have demos and torch time available during the day. Details here.

As usual, I'll bring along orders - place them by 7pm the day before. I can't physically bring all my colours now, so if there's anything in particular you're after, let me know!

A little something I'm working on - I'm trying to make beads with birds of paradise on them. Why did I choose birds of paradise? Because they have beautiful bright plumage, there are a whole range of species, and they're a handy jumping-off point for going entirely fantastical!

It's trial and error at the moment - when I get something I like, I can't necessarily duplicate that next time! I'm still working out what to do for the backgrounds vs different body colours, as you want them to show up but not steal focus.

Here's what I have so far from first to most recent. The style's a bit all over the place!